Leon Bronstein is not your Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers could claim to be the reincarnation of ancient 20th century iconoclast that is Soviet and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his dad sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger attack at Papa's clothing mill, Leon quickly brings new meaning to the term'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained fate to the fullest and also transform the world.